Asteroid 2024 BX1 spotted three hours before impact

Paris (ESA) Jan 26, 2024

It was at 22:48 CET on Saturday 20 January when veteran asteroid hunter Sarneczky discovered a new asteroid using the 60 cm Schmidt Telescope at Piszkesteto Mountain Station, part of Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. He immediately sent his data on the asteroid's trajectory to the Minor Planet Center, but with just three initial observations, it was impossible to know for sure whether it was